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INDEX. 



Archipelago, Malay, physical geog. 

 of, i. 1 ; productions of, in some 

 cases unknown elsewhere, ih. (see 

 Islands) ; extent of, 4, 6 ; natural 

 division of, into two parts, H 

 (see Austro-Malayan, and Natural 

 Productions) ; shallow waters of, 

 17-26 {see Races). 

 Architectural remains in Java, i. 



158; ruined temples, 164, 165. 

 Arfaks, of New Guinea, ii. 310, 



312, 318, 319. 

 Arjuna Mouut, i. 157. 

 Arudt, M., a German resident in 



Coupang, i. 290. 

 Arrack, demand for, ii. 246. 

 Art, rudimental love of, among bar- 

 barians, ii. 325. 

 Aru Islands, i. 9 ; voyage to, from 

 Macassar in a native prau, ii. 157 

 ct seq ; diary of the voyage, 166 

 ct seq. ; arrival at the, 194 ; ex- 

 ploration of the forests of, 198; 

 entomological captures, 199; 

 traders of the, 200; articles for 

 disposal or exchange, 202 ; im- 

 mense variety of animal life, 204 

 el seq. ; pirates on the coast of, 

 210, 211; trade and commerce of, 

 215, 216; nominally under the 

 government of the Moluccas, 216; 

 journey and residence in the in- 

 terior, 218 et seq.; map of the, 

 219; birds of the, 220-229; 

 habits of the natives, 229, 231; 

 I their food, 229, ^30 ; arrack 

 their chief luxury, 230 ; their 

 wretched habitations, 231; their 

 monotonous existence, ib.; mix- 

 ture of races, 232, 233 ; their 

 language, 232 ; men and boys ex- 

 pert archers, 242; inquisitiveness 

 of the inhabitants, 246 et seq.; 

 dry and wet seasons, 250; beauty 

 of the human form, 253, 254 ; 

 females of, 254 ; personal orna- 

 ments, 255 ; movable utensils, 

 25^ ; household ornaments of 

 the, 257 ; mats and boxes of, 

 ib. ; domestic animals, 258 ; 

 noxious animals, centipedes, 

 scorpions, &c. ib.; legend re- 



specting the, 261 ; mysterious 

 character of the author, 264 ; 

 second residence at Dobbo, 267 ; 

 cheapness of European articles of 

 commerce, 271, 272 ; intemper- 

 ance of the natives, 272 ; consi- 

 derable trade of the, 281, 282 ; 

 departure from, 282 ; the return 

 voyage, 283 ; the dry and rainy 

 seasons, ib. ; expedition to, emi- 

 nently successful, 283, 284 ; the 

 specimens of natural objects 

 bi'ought from, 284; sketch of its 

 physical geographj-, 285 et seq. ; 

 the great island called Taua- 

 busar, ib.; number of small 

 islands surrounding the central 

 mass, ib.; evidence that they once 

 i'ormed a part of New Guinea, 

 294 ; its natural aspects and ve- 

 getable productions, 295 et seq. 



Aru Islands vocabulary, ii. 475. 



Aurora borealis observed at Muka, 

 ii. 354. 



Australia, resemblance to, of the 

 Austro-Malayan division of the 

 Archipelago, i. 20 ; great difference 

 between the productions of, and 

 those of Asia, 20, 21. 



Aiistraliaus, on the crania and 

 languages of the, ii. 467, 468. 



Austro-Malayan division of the 

 Archipelago, i. 14 [see also Indo- 

 Malayan) ; its close resemblance 

 to Australia, not to Asia, 20. 



Awaiya, village of, ii. 78 ; arrival 

 at, 86. 



Awaiya vocabulary, ii. 474. 



Ayer-panas, life at, i. 44. 



B. 



Babirusa (pig-deer), the, i. 412, 433 ; 



skull of the, 434; ii. 137; of 



Celebes found in Bouru, 1 40. 

 Baboon monkeys at Batchian, ii. 



54, 55 ; of tlie Moluccas, 139. 

 Baderoon, the author's servant, ii. 



164; his gambling propensities, 



279. 

 Bagan vocabulary, ii, 473. 



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